Officials have confirmed that the body of 23-year-old Jewish seminary student Aaron Sofer has been found in a forest near Jerusalem.<br/> <br />Sofer had been hiking in the forest south of city with a friend. The two then lost contact with each other.<br/> <br />Police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld says the circumstances of Sofer's death remain unclear.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) POLICE SPOKESPERSON MICKEY ROSENFELD, SAYING:<br/> <br />"Obviously there's an investigation taking place at this moment in time to see what the background of the incident was. If the student fell and went missing or if it's a murder case. The forensics and the different police units are still in and around the area, the area has been closed off and the investigation is continuing."<br/> <br />Police, volunteers and Sofer's New Jersey family had spent six days combing the area, which spans 310 acres, or roughly 125 hectares.<br/> <br />In June, three Israeli seminary students, all teenagers, were kidnapped while hitchhiking in the occup
